[Frameworks] Film and etching

[Beebe, Roger W.]

Jonathan,

Not sure if the laser etching experiments that Kristin Reeves, Sabine Gruffat, and I (and surely others) have been doing would be stretching the analogy too far, but I’d be happy to share all my secrets if it’s of interest…

Best (from Toronto),
Roger

From: Frameworks <frameworks-bounces at film-gallery.org> on behalf of Jonathan Walley <walleyj at denison.edu>
Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 11:50 AM
To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
Subject: [Frameworks] Film and etching
Hello Frameworks community, I’m hoping to tap your knowledge on filmmaking matters. I’m working with a student on an independent research project that is primarily “academic” (i.e. reading and writing scholarly stuff). However, it has taken 
Hello Frameworks community,

I’m hoping to tap your knowledge on filmmaking matters. I’m working with a student on an independent research project that is primarily “academic” (i.e. reading and writing scholarly stuff). However, it has taken a turn into filmmaking, as this student wants to work directly with film in the interest of producing better ideas and writing on the subject, something I heartily endorse. She is especially interested in etching, and is in an etching class in which they’re working with all manner of chemicals and doo-dads (a press, for instance).

I wonder if anyone here has experience with this sort of thing - i.e. subjecting celluloid to the processes and machinery of etching. Of course we are exploring scratching on film, but we are both more interested in going further with a film/etching analogy. Anything at all would be helpful, because while I am familiar enough (for the purposes of this study) with cameras, processing, etc. (the student is using my own Bolex), I am at sea when it comes to this.

Ideas, references (films or texts), warnings, etc. all welcomed.

Thanks in advance!
JW

Dr. Jonathan Walley
Associate Professor
Department of Cinema
Denison University
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